Updates Finally

It has been nearly a month since my last update here.. got a shock when i saw the counter showing less than 6 months to our big day.. time really flies! Been busy with my new job trying to adapt to the new environment, new colleagues and learning how to teach well from my mentors.. not much free time in sch to blog, facebook, or msn like my previous job.. and my sleeping time became as early as 9.30pm so no time to blog.. i noe i'm a pig but really need my beauty sleep badly.. haha..

Our parents met on 4 April at Tiong Bahru Plaza Lao Beijing for dinner.. B and i went for a run before the dinner and we, together with my parents and sis, were 15 mins late.. B's parents and 2 aunts reached 15 mins earlier so they actually waited half an hr for us.. so paiseh! before the dinner, i was quite worried cos we don't wan to go thru the traditions so there's nth to discuss actually.. my parents asked us wat we want so tat they can tell B's mum on our behalf.. so in the end, when B's mum popped the questions, they jus say everything no need.. not sure if B's mum and aunts were unhappy anot cos we were late den when asked abt the bride price, cakes and other procedures, my parents jus say no need jus keep it simple for us.. but overall, as we ate and chat esp when the 4D results were out, it became less serious and light-hearted.. glad that it was over!

Another update abt our home.. we went to Lifestyle 21 home exhibition at expo couple of weeks ago and bought a coffee table at $620 including delivery charge.. slightly over our budget for coffee table but it's difficult to find something that we both like alot.. it is a black and round table with a piece of high pressure glass on the surface and 4 little stools hiding under the table which saves space and provides extra seats for guests conveniently.. the small table is suitable for playing some card or board games for 4 as well.. we oso bought an electric stove cooker at $1288.. big hole in our pockets! but the money is well spent, i hope.. haha..

We are slowly searching for other items for our home.. will be getting Simmons Beautyrest queen size mattress during the GSS.. saw a Kelvin Giormanni sofa that we liked but price abit too steep so KIV 1st.. we still need TV console and bed frame.. will be making a trip to sungei kadut international furniture centre to search for great bargains, let us noe if any of u r interested to join us on our furniture hunt..

Invitation Cards

As we have decided to go ahead with our ROM at Furama Riverfront, it is time to think about the design of our invitation cards.. Since I'm on leave for the past 2 weeks plus, I arranged with our coordinator for collection of our invitation cards.. Sis was on leave last thur so she accompany me to go collect the cards.. went to the Waterfall Lounge to take a look, still got the 'wow' feeling when i see the place.. haha.. Sis say didn't know the place is so nice.. the stage in the middle was demolished so the place looks more spacious.. they added a black piano at the side so got the 'classy' feeling.. haha.. nice change!

Furama Riverfront gave us 2 designs of cards to choose.. guess which one we chose? haha.. gotta start tinking wat to write in the invitation card and send for printing.. busy busy!

P.S: Parents meeting session on 4 April tentatively.. more updates to follow!

Change of MUA

The make-up artist I engaged previously is Jade Yamada.. She informed me last week that she is pregnant and by Oct, it would be difficult for her to do make-up for me :( so gotta engage another MUA.. She intro 2 MUAs to me, both are quite gd by looking at their portfolios.. I msg both of them to ask if they are available on 10 Oct and their charges.. Jennis called me to explain everything and after speaking to her, got nice feelings abt her so confirmed her immediately... the other MUA got reply me lar but tink she didn't do enuf like Jennis sooo too bad lor.. and she charges more than Jennis! but Jennis charges more than Jade.. haha.. Hopefully, she can turn me into a beautiful bride on 10 Oct! View her portfolio at http://www.jenniswong.com

Updates of Our New Home

Our house is nearing completion already.. doing painting works and installation of windows now.. guess 2 more months will be ready le.. everytime take MRT pass by lakeside will take a look at the progress and it always seems to be a faraway dream.. even now...

hav yet to settle the guest list prob.. we onli wan to invite close frens and relatives to our ROM ceremony but our mothers like wan to invite sooooo many ppl.. we chose hi-tea at hotel is to hav a simple ceremony wif close frens n relatives and to do away wif the traditional customs but.. haiz.. both mums keep telling mi they wan this wan that, sometimes it's really choking mi.. i understand tat parents will wan everybody to know tat their son/daughter is getting married but i dun c the point of inviting those relatives whom we dun even get to see once a yr to our wedding.. if invite all, the lounge at the hotel will be super packed and not enuf seats for all which is not veri nice plus it will exceed our budget as well.. told them we not having dinner banquet, no space to invite so many ppl le.. dunno if they will listen..

have emailed the hotel to ask if we cancel our reservation now can get back our deposit anot.. if both mums insist on the way they wan, we'll jus cancel everything.. hav chosen another date, 6th june, to sign papers at the ROM.. it's a sunday and during school holiday which is better for mi.. since our house will be ready soon, we can collect keys earlier too.. cos hdb wans our marriage cert in order to collect keys.. we'll see how things go 1st..

anyway, back to our house.... took some pics when i was on bus 30 to work from B's place.. these 2 pics were taken 1 or 2 mths ago.. now most of the blocks already painted nicely.. one of the cranes on top oso removed already..

Bought our first piece of furniture durng the CNY sale at The Furniture Mall.. it's a veri simple and cosy dining set.. i've been looking around wif a design similar to this in my mind and it was really love at first sight.. B's first concern was 'is the table strong enuf to put steamboat?' haha.. he's worried next time cannot eat steamboat at home.. the salesman assured him it is made of solid wood den after some knocking to test the sound of the wood, he said ok.. the 2 benches are big enuf for 4 adults.. can someone steal 2 wooden stools from ya kun for us? realised their stools match our dining set so if got 2 stools at the other 2 sides den can seat 6 pax.. haha.. we'll look out for tat 2 stools when shopping for the other furnitures next time.. this dining set costs us $299 plus $30 delivery charge.. quite a gd deal so we bought it on the spot..

Another update.. we have settled on our flooring too! confirmed on having bamboo flooring for our living room and 3 bedrooms.. B is a veri 'green' person so he found this bamboo flooring company online.. bamboo is more eco-friendly than other solid timber cos it takes 4-6 years to mature unlike other timber which takes at least 15 yrs to mature.. bamboo flooring is still new in s'pore so price is more exp than those teak parquet flooring.. after considering its strength and durability compared to other woods, bamboo is a lifelong investment so the money spent is worth it.. costs us 9K.. the company that we engaged is Star Bamboo.. can find more interesting info on it's website.. http://www.starbamboo.com

can tell the boss is oso a veri 'green' person.. haha..

Special Ang Pows!

I came up with the idea to DIY ang pows to be inserted in our invitation cards so hopefully our dear relatives and frens will make use of it instead buying gifts for us.. very often, gifts are for display and of no practical use.. We accept cash, NTUC or shopping vouchers! haha..

Materials needed to make the ang pows: pink construction papers, forever friends rubber stamp, golden ink pad, pen knife and glue.. glad that the ang pows turn out nice.. forever friends are jus so cute!

While waiting for the ink to dry.. B's room was filled with ang pows.. haha.. extra ang pows can be kept for future use when our frens are getting married.. hopefully soon!

Happy CNY!

this year is the 1st time i had reunion dinner at B's place.. food there is always better than at my place, haha.. went to my place to hav 2nd round of steamboat den realised the prawns, fish and fishballs all shrank.. haha.. tink jurong market better lah.. not my mum's fault!!! it's oso my 1st time meeting B's godparents.. his godpa is a bus driver, tink he got drive bus no 51 cos i found his face familiar.. shall take note of the 51 bus driver from now on, haha..

there are so many '1st time' this CNY.. 1st time we be dealer for blackjack at ah ma's house.. won abit onli, maybe 10 bucks?? haha.. quite exciting ar.. 1st time B played mahjong wif mi too.. nv seen him touch mahjong tiles before previously, onli watched him play online mahjong games.. we played wif my sis and kel at my place.. now i noe the reason y B dun play 'real' mahjong.. hahaha.. he cannot multi-task one, either forget take his tiles when is his turn or forget take when got flowers/animals.. poor kel, instructed by sis to 'look after' B cos his turn is after B.. so funny lar.. we shd play more to let B practise.. tink tat mahjong session veri stressful for B.. dunno he dropped how much hair...haha!

Oh ya, received our photo album last fri too.. the delivery man forgot our poster so sat morning came agn.. veri pleased with the pics! now everything put back into the box and sealed wif masking tape le.. cannot show ppl until 101010 if not B scold mi agn!

Hollywood Dino @ Jurong Bird Park

Sis bought Hollywood Dino tickets for us and brought jia rong along too! on the way there in car, he keep playing bejeweled blitz using kel's iphone.. quite pro wor! haha.. anyway, tis pic is taken by one of the bird park staff FOC.. if wan carry bird on hand den mus pay money.. some so noisy and look so fierce!

Hollywood Dino is bo liao one.. took us less than an hour to complete the whole trail.. tink jia rong oso found it boring cos he didn't seem to be excited abt it throughout.. onli the moving bridge he likes, haha..

The best attraction is these penguins.. even jia rong 'WAH' when he saw so many penguins.. so funny..

the 2 kor kors wif the flamingos and 'king'.. mus carry bag for him, ask him thirsty anot, hungry anot, wan go toilet anot, buy him ice cream, let him play bejeweled, wait for him beside the playground... haha..

This tree he dunno climb how many times liao.. haha..

Tis pic is so cute!

The waterfall there is full of algae on the wall, dirty dirty.. Wulai one is so much nicer! Miss taiwan.....